Blogs Posts in Healthy Fruits category; 349 blog posts

What's our favourite fruit?

The tomato is Australia's most Googled fruit, according to new research. It's also the number one fruit that Britons Google, too. People in Australia and the UK are twice as likely to Google tomatoes as apples, which is the second [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Tomato is the most Googled fruit

The tomato is the UK's most Googled fruit, according to new research. People are twice as likely to Google tomatoes as apples, which is the second most common searched-for fruit. The review, by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), f [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Warm spring set to boost strawberry crop, say growers

One of England's largest strawberry farmers, R and V Emery, said their production yield was up by 150% on recent years. It also said increased sugar levels had made the current crop much sweeter and juicier than normal. Tesco has take [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Super-smoothie cuts cardiac risks

Scientists have put together a cocktail of seven fruit juices, including grapes and the not-so-familiar lingonberry, that boosts health, cuts the risk of heart disease and stroke and also tastes good. The ‘super-smoothie' contai [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Apple growers accuse Biosecurity Australia of 'surrendering'...

Australia will allow New Zealand apples into the country under minimal restrictions. Biosecurity Australia has released revised protocols to allow the apple imports after losing a World Trade Organisation case last year. Chairman of Ap [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Artificially ripened mangoes seized

As many as 95 shops selling artificially-ripened mangoes across the city were raided on Monday under the Public Health Act. In a major drive at the Koyambedu wholesale fruit market and other prominent markets in the city, the civic offici [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Five fruit and veg a day can cost just 42p

EATING a healthy five portions of fruit and vegetables can cost less than 50p a day. Experts think the fear of rising food prices will deter families on tight budgets from eating healthily. But the World Cancer Research Fund found a port [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Edible coatings to extend shelf-life of fruits

Talking to the media on Saturday, UAF’s National Institute of Food, Science and Technology (NIFSAT) head Professor Dr Masood Sadiq Butt said a team of university experts was engaged in a research project, sponsored by the Higher Ed [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Food inflation surges to 8.74 pct

Reversing a three-week declining trend, food inflation shot up to 8.74 per cent for the week ended April 9 from 8.28 per cent in the previous week on account of expensive fruits, protein-based items and onions, according to the official [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

The Hindu Delicious drinks: With seasonal fruits. Photo: KR ...

When blistering hot days of summer arrive, the much-awaited summer vacation brighten the scene. The hot days change anything. The eating pattern, sleeping, dressing, working, playing, travelling, shopping - yes, name it, everything chang [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Beware of glossy fruits, say experts

Mangoes, the most sought after seasonal fruit in the summer, have arrived in to markets in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu by the lorry load but corporation health official wave raised a note of caution saying the fruit may have bee [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Weekly Market Report - Dry Fruits

Dry Fruits: Wholesale dry fruits prices surged in the national capital during the past week largely on the back of fresh buying by stockists and retailers, buoyed by rising domestic demand due to the "Navratras" festival. Furth [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegetarian diet makes you glow

Rather than a suntan, a vegetarian diet will help you score more with the opposite sex, claim scientists. Soaking up the sunrays won`t make you as popular with the opposite sex, as will a healthy glow which a fruit and vegetable diet giv [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

The Fruits of Faith in the Arab Spring

Americans seem unsure about how to view the Arab Spring. Whereas a clear majority sympathized with the protests in Egypt, the public is deeply divided on the dynamics in Libya. As the Obama administration works to explain the goals and s [...]